monday/11

“The Marcel Network: Saving Children from the Holocaust.” Fred Coleman discusses his book on the true story of a young couple in Nazi-occupied France who saved 527 children from the gas chambers. At the Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F. Noon. Free for members, $7-$20. http://www.commonwealthclub.org.

tuesday/12

Adam Mansbach. Author of the New York Times bestseller “Go the F**K to Sleep” discusses his new novel, “Rage is Back.” At City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. 7 p.m. Free. http://www.citylights.com.

thursday/14

“The Kabbalah of Relation.” Bezalel Naor reads from his new book that juxtaposes the surrealist art of Marc Chagall and the teachings of Talmud, Kabbalah and Hasidism regarding romance. At Afikomen Judaica, 3042 Claremont Ave., Berkeley. 7 p.m. Free. http://www.afikomen.com.